Best Universities for Genetics in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Genetics. A graph of 1.04B citations received by 29.5M academic papers made by 6,004 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

2. Johns Hopkins University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

3. Stanford University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

4. University of California - San Francisco

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,126
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

6. University of Pennsylvania

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

7. Yale University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

9. Cornell University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

10. University of California-San Diego

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

11. University of Toronto

For Genetics

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

13. University of California - Los Angeles

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

15. University of Tokyo

For Genetics

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

16. Washington University in St Louis

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

18. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

20. Columbia University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

21. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

22. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

23. Kyoto University

For Genetics

#2 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Founded
1897

24. Baylor College of Medicine

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,699
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1900

25. Karolinska Institute

For Genetics

#4 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
8,070
Founded
1861

27. University of California - Berkeley

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

28. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Genetics

#5 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

29. University of Pittsburgh

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

30. Osaka University

For Genetics

#3 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Founded
1931

31. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

32. University of Chicago

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

33. University of California - Davis

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

34. University of British Columbia

For Genetics

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

35. Northwestern University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

36. Emory University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,986

37. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
39%
Net Price
$11,577
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$1,900

38. New York University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

39. McGill University

For Genetics

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

40. Ohio State University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

41. University of Southern California

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

42. University of Florida

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

44. Duke University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

46. University of Melbourne

For Genetics

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

47. University of Utah

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

48. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

49. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

50. Case Western Reserve University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,351

51. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Genetics

#8 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

52. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,234
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1963

54. University of Copenhagen

For Genetics

#10 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

55. Vanderbilt University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

56. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
97%

57. Rockefeller University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
286
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1901

58. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Genetics

#4 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
65,638
Founded
1924

59. University of Munich

For Genetics

#11 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

60. Pennsylvania State University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

61. Peking University

For Genetics

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

62. Lund University

For Genetics

#12 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

63. Boston University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

64. University of Iowa

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

66. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Genetics

#6 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

67. University of Sao Paulo

For Genetics

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

68. University of Alberta

For Genetics

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

69. University of Virginia

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

70. University of California - Irvine

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

71. University of Sydney

For Genetics

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

72. Tel Aviv University

For Genetics

#7 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

73. University of Helsinki

For Genetics

#13 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

74. Zhejiang University

For Genetics

#8 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

76. Seoul National University

For Genetics

#9 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

77. University of Arizona

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

78. University of Zurich

For Genetics

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

79. University of Amsterdam

For Genetics

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

80. University of Milan

For Genetics

#17 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

81. Kyushu University

For Genetics

#10 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

83. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,667
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

85. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

86. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

87. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1100
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
90%

89. University of Hong Kong

For Genetics

#12 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

90. Peking Union Medical College

For Genetics

#13 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
9%
Founded
1917

92. Oregon Health & Science University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,877
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1887

93. Michigan State University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

94. Utrecht University

For Genetics

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

95. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,394
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1962

96. University of Miami

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$41,028

97. Nagoya University

For Genetics

#14 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,834
Founded
1939

98. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Genetics

#15 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
1,380
Founded
1934

99. Uppsala University

For Genetics

#22 in Europe
#3 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1477

100. Tufts University

For Genetics

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,333